Zachary Mathew — Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer

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Skills

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Cloud & Azure

Microsoft AzureAzure DevOpsAKSAzure FunctionsApp ServiceAzure MonitorLog AnalyticsKey VaultAzure SQLCosmos DBARM TemplatesBicep

12 technologies

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IaC & Terraform

TerraformTerragruntTerraform CloudHCLRemote StateWorkspacesModulesProvider APIs

8 technologies

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CI/CD & DevOps

Azure DevOps PipelinesGitHub ActionsJenkinsAnsibleYAML PipelinesArtifact ManagementRelease GatesBlue/Green Deployments

8 technologies

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Networking & Security

Virtual NetworksNSGsPrivate EndpointsAzure FirewallVPN GatewayExpressRouteZero TrustAzure AD / Entra IDRBACPIM

10 technologies

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Containers & Scripting

DockerKubernetesHelmAzure Container RegistryPythonPowerShellBashAzure CLI

8 technologies

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Experience

Avanade Inc.

— Microsoft & Accenture Joint Venture

Jun 2022 — Present

Senior Analyst, Cloud Engineering

Apr 2024 — Present

›Lead cloud infrastructure architecture and delivery for enterprise clients across financial services and retail verticals.
›Design and implement zero-trust Azure network topologies — hub-spoke VNets, Private Endpoints, Azure Firewall, and NSG policies at scale.
›Author and maintain production-grade Terraform modules consumed across multiple project teams, reducing deployment time by 60%.
›Mentor junior engineers on IaC best practices, Azure networking patterns, and DevSecOps workflows.

AzureTerraformDevSecOpsArchitecture

Analyst, Cloud Engineering

Jun 2022 — Apr 2024

›Built and operated CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for infrastructure deployment across development, staging, and production environments.
›Automated provisioning of Azure App Service environments with private networking and managed identities using Terraform.
›Collaborated with security teams to implement RBAC, PIM, and Conditional Access policies across Azure AD tenants.

Azure DevOpsTerraformRBACCI/CD

Alliant Group

— Houston, TX

Jun 2021 — Jun 2022

Project Analyst

Jun 2021 — Jun 2022

›Supported technical documentation and analysis for R&D tax credit engagements across engineering and software clients.
›Streamlined data collection workflows and internal reporting processes, improving team efficiency and project throughput.

AnalysisDocumentationProcess Improvement

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Projects

P01🏆 USA Hackathon Winner 2026

Chameleon AI

Agentic document redaction platform

End-to-end agentic AI platform for intelligent document redaction. Served as Technical Lead & Architect — designed the multi-agent orchestration pipeline, defined the system architecture, and led a cross-functional team to a national hackathon win.

role / Technical Lead & Architect

PythonLLM AgentsAzureFastAPIReact

P022025 — Present

GatePath

Airport navigation mobile app

Mobile application that provides real-time gate navigation and flight information for travelers. Built with React Native for cross-platform support, Firebase for live data sync, and the AviationStack API for flight data.

role / Lead Developer

React NativeFirebaseAviationStack APITypeScript

P03Open Source

Azure App Service Private Infrastructure

Production-grade Terraform module

Reusable Terraform module for deploying Azure App Service environments with full private networking — VNet integration, Private Endpoints, managed identities, Key Vault references, and Application Insights wired in from day one.

role / Author & Maintainer

TerraformHCLAzurePrivate DNSVNet

View on GitHub

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